#STRESSLESS AUTUMN GREEN SMOOTHIE.

This post was created in partnership with Rescue. All opinions are my own. Bonne Bell lip gloss. A tattered copy of Neruda’s The Captain’s Verses. Licorice pastilles. Matte red lipstick. These were all purse standbys for me at one moment or…
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VEGAN MINT CHIP SMOOTHIE.

Good morning, sweet ones. I stopped and started this post several times, because each time I began, I found myself writing something darker than the time before. My heart has been heavy. Heavy with Nice. Heavy with the United States.…
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RAINBOW GREEN SMOOTHIE BOWLS.

When I began to write, it was out of fear. I thought I might forget, or pretend to forget, or pretend to pretend, or grow up. —Miranda July, “No one belongs here more than you.“— I started to dread getting…
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GREEN MILK!

Though departures may occur all at once physically, they are rarely emotionally complete in that same instant. Instead, we leave places slowly, draining ourselves from them a bit at a time, as our hearts and our minds gradually lose their…
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VEGAN TANGERINE GREENSICLE SMOOTHIE.

  Things I believe in: The ocean. Beyoncé. Chlorophyll. Saying I love you. Writing. Peanut butter M&Ms. (Don’t judge me, please, thanks.) Holding hands. Slathering oil all over myself. Eating healthy fats. The ocean: Primordial. Life-giving. Deadly. Growing up on…
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SEA GREENS SMOOTHIE WITH COCO DULSE SPRINKLES!

This post is sponsored by Naked Juice. Thanks for supporting the businesses that keep Kale & Caramel thriving! All opinions are my own. We sat and talked about all the things that come from the sea. We sighed about climate…
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PASSION ORANGE COOLER + DRINK GOOD DO GOOD.

This post is sponsored by Naked Juice and the #DrinkGoodDoGood campaign, working to bring awareness to America’s food deserts. All opinions are my own. I grew up in the opposite of a food desert, a place so abundant that friends…
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SWEET COCONUT, HIBISCUS & LIME SLUSHIES!

It’s been hot. Too hot. Scary hot. Hot like triple digits, hot like underboob sweat, hot like is this the end of the world. Hot like should I start conserving water because it’s year 5 of California’s epic drought and…
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CHOCOLATE CHERRY SMOOTHIE BOWL.

  Each year, I’m shocked by the steady march of the seasons—offended, almost, by their nonchalance in encroaching upon the blank slate of my year. Summer? I scoff. Already? Impossible! And yet here are the peaches, the cherries, the ripe warmth of sunshine early…
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MANGO MINT FREEZE!

  Mango season often comes twice a year on Maui. Seasonality is confused in the islands—what fruits when, when the weather is sweet and constant like a faithful lover? But in the heat of July, mangos are usually dripping off trees…
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ORANGE BLOSSOM PISTACHIO MILK.

When I took my first sip of the final, many-trialed version of this Orange Blossom Pistachio Milk, I gasped. Its flavor profile was so surprising, so divine, and so close to how I had dreamily hoped it would be that…
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